Wedding traditions in Syria

Title:

Wedding traditions in Syria

Title:

عادات وتقاليد الزواج في سوريا

Author:

Em Abdū

Contributor:

Ma‘rūf, Walīd (interviewer) | Ḥassūn, Rawād (film maker)

Date:

2019-08-23

Subject:

Folktales | Marriage | Weddings | Customs and traditions | Groom's bath | Bridal accessories | Zaffa | Bridegroom | Bride's dowry | Fowd (Muhr) | Reading the Fatihah | Syrian heritage | Story telling | Celebrations

Description:

Um Abdo from al-Midan area in Damascus talked about the old customs and traditions of marriage. The family of the groom visits the family of the bride to see the girl. If the bride is admired by the family of the groom, they visit the bride family for the second time to drink coffee and to propose for marriage and to agree on the dowry.

Format:

Video

Language:

Arabic

Rights:

Swansea City Opera/AUB Libraries, All rights reserved.

ARK:

https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b3vw6d

iiif Manifest:

https://libraries.aub.edu.lb/iiifservices/item/ark86073b3vw6d/manifest